Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez appears willing to do business with Liverpool with Kop boss Jürgen Klopp believed to be interested in a number of his players. The suggestion previously was that this could help relations between the two clubs ahead of a planned move by them for Salah. However, the Liverpool ace clearly isn’t for sale and providing he doesn’t try to force a move any time soon, he will be going nowhere.

As well as apparently cooling their interest in Salah, there are also suggestions that Real Madrid won’t make a move for Tottenham hitman Harry Kane, again because he would command such a high transfer fee.

The transfer window will soon be open for business so expect more conflicting reports and contradictions over the coming weeks and months.